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JOB TITLE: Principal Financial Analyst/ Senior Financial Analyst

DEPARTMENT: Business Finance Team in Finance & Operations Function

REPORTING TO: Japan CFO or Finance manager
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Main Mission of Job

• Business Finance team is a group of independent and trusted business partners to the businesses and functions the person supports.
• Each of them plays a role of CFO to the business unit, the business portfolio group, or the strategic functions of the company.
• The person will lead development of sound financial plans and forecasts, help define business KPIs and implement monitoring process, and will play a key role in important investment / trade-off decisions.
• The person will also be a reliable team member in Finance & Operations function helping accomplishment of the enterprise-wide mission and goals

Main Responsibilities

• Work closely with business/function leaders and the team members in developing financial plans and forecasts while working closely with the counterparts in the EurAsia region, and Global operating units where relevant.
• Build a solid reporting mechanism, enhance and improve where needed closely working with relevant functions – IT, Data management, Finance functions
• Effectively & timely manage monthly, quarterly, and annual planning and reporting requirements.
• Closely monitor revenue and margin performance of the businesses/functions, search and understand the drivers behind the numbers, and identify actionable insights and bring them into actions.
• Understand what constitutes cost structure of businesses/functions, closely monitor progress and control when necessary by promoting reasonable trade-off.
• Always familiarize him/herself on the latest financial planning tools, financial requirements, reporting schedules and help alignment among stakeholders including business/function leaders
• Constructively challenge business/function leaders when adequate from finance point of view. One of examples is something that may hurt in short-term but important from long-term point of view.
• Collaborate with accounting and other teams in Finance & Operations to ensure financials we present are in line with the rules and guidelines according to the world-wide finance manual and other important rules.
• Drive compliance, financial discipline and integrity from finance point of view to deliver the results right way.

Must Haves

Education/Skills

• BA or MBA in relevant areas
• Solid accounting/finance knowledge
• IT proficiency - Microsoft Office Excel, and Powerpoint
• Business level fluency in Japanese and English language is essential

Job Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience working as Finance Professional

Competencies

• Be proactive, agile and flexible to meet deadline and multple demands under pressure
• Leadership mentality and behavior
• Ability to work across teams and deliver results
• Ability to simplify complexity and logically communicate the idea
• Strong communication skills both in English and Japanese are required
• Sound and balanced interpersonal skills
• Strong curiosity for business

Good to Have

Education/Skills

• CPA or BOKI degree 2 or above is plus
• Enhanced IT proficiency – Power BI, Snowflake, SAP, Business Object or other ERP/BI tools
• Knowledge in relevant areas such as finance, accounting, marketing, medical industry etc

Job Experience

• Experience in relevant areas such as accounting & tax, commercial finance, marketing
• Experience in medical industry

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About Medtronic

世界の医療を変えていくために。

メドトロニックは「人々の痛みをやわらげ、健康を回復し、生命を延ばす」ため、医療技術、治療法、サービスの提供を行っています。私たちはよりよい明日の実現を目指して、日々挑戦を続けています。メドトロニックは働く人にとって刺激的で、やりがいある仕事に満ちた職場です。

意義ある技術革新を生み出すため、私たちは強みである技術力をスピーディーに具現化することを目指しています。そのためには優秀な人材が不可欠です。メドトロニックは世界規模で起きている医療の課題に向き合い、患者さんの生活の改善に貢献します。一緒に未来を築いていきましょう。

1957年に世界初の電池式体外型心臓ペースメーカを開発以降、循環器領域において画期的な製品とともに世界をリードし続けています。

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here